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振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

I don’t know my friends’ names

#台灣 #友情 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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I don’t know my friends’ names

Or their phone numbers or where they live…

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September 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Sick for three weeks

#台灣 #健康 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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Sick for three weeks

In my previous post, I mentioned a couple of minor health issues. Since then, one of them got a little worse…

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August 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

In relative terms, it’s spectacular:

A couple more experiences with National Health Insurance in Taiwan…

#全民健康保險 #高雄 #台灣 #部落格 #healthcare #taiwan #blog

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In relative terms, it’s spectacular

A couple more experiences with National Health Insurance in Taiwan…

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August 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Poop, poop, massage!
Things I saw on a 30-minute walk home…

#台灣 #高雄 #部落格 #taiwan #kaohsiung #blog

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Poop, poop, massage!

Things I saw on a 30-minute walk home…

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July 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

In the neighborhood:
Revisiting the place I lived for my first three years in Taiwan…

#台灣 #高雄 #苓雅區 #taiwan #blog

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In the neighborhood

Revisiting the place I lived for my first three years in Taiwan…

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July 24, 2026 at 4:07 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

So I’m a gangster now…

#台灣 #部落格 #taiwan #culture #blog

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So I’m a gangster now

AKA an 8+9…

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July 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

When good signage goes bad:
The potentially offensive charm of Taiwanese typos…

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#台灣 #英文 #文法 #錯字 #部落格 #taiwan #english #grammar #typo #blog

When good signage goes bad

The potentially offensive charm of Taiwanese typos…

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July 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

How to pronounce Cijin Island

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#旗津島 #高雄 #台灣 #cijinisland #kaohsiung

How to pronounce Cijin Island

Hint: It’s not “sea-gin”…

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June 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Pump it:
An intriguing roadside discovery in Central Kaohsiung…

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#台灣 #高雄 #歷史 #部落格 #taiwan #kaohsiung #history #blog

Pump it

An intriguing roadside discovery in Central Kaohsiung…

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June 19, 2026 at 8:22 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

A beginner’s guide to Taiwanese English

#台灣 #英文 #語言 #部落格 #taiwan #english #language #blog

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A beginner’s guide to Taiwanese English

Know your CP from your QQ (or 3Q or 3C)…

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June 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

11 tickets to ride:
When complete strangers collaborate for a discount on the Taiwan High Speed Rail…

#高雄 #台灣 #台灣高鐵 #部落格 #taiwan #taiwanhighspeedrail #blog

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11 tickets to ride

When complete strangers collaborate for a discount on the Taiwan High Speed Rail…

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May 30, 2026 at 7:21 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Yesterday I calculated how much money I spent during an ordinary day in Taiwan. I spent NT$1000 (half of this was paying my phone bill).

Then I calculated how much the same day would have cost me in New Zealand. It was NT$8000.

#台灣 #生活成本 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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A day in the life

And though the costs were rather small, I had to count them all…

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May 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Catvenger hunt:
Finding some cats in Houtong Cat Village…

#猴硐貓村 #猴硐 #貓咪 #新北市 #台灣 #部落格 #houtongcatvillage #houtong #newtaipeicity #taiwan #jetlagthegame #taiwanrailrush #blog

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Catvenger hunt

Finding some cats in Houtong Cat Village…

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May 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Three years of scooting around

#台灣 #高雄 #機車 #部落格 #taiwan #kaohsiung #scooter #blog

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Three years of scooting around

It’s been a ride…

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May 9, 2026 at 4:08 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Entrepreneurial coffee:
Talking shop over Jamaica Blue Mountain ice drip…

#高雄 #台灣 #咖啡 #創業精神 #部落格 #kaohsiung #taiwan #coffee #entrepreneurship #blog

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Entrepreneurial coffee

Talking shop over Jamaica Blue Mountain ice drip…

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May 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

A doctor in five minutes:
My unplanned GP visit cost $8.50, drugs and all…

#台灣 #屏東縣 #屏東市 #全民健康保險 #部落格 #taiwan #travel #blog

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A doctor in five minutes

My unplanned GP visit cost $8.50, drugs and all…

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April 20, 2026 at 5:10 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

A rocket in the sky:
Video of a Chinese rocket from across the South China Sea…

#太空 #火箭 #高雄 #台灣 #部落格 #space #rocket #kaohsiung #taiwan #blog

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A rocket in the sky

Video of a Chinese rocket from across the South China Sea…

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April 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Inside the dictator’s nuclear bunker — now repurposed as an underground aquarium at Kaohsiung’s Chengcing Lake…

#台灣 #高雄 #水族館 #部落格 #taiwan #aquarium #blog

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Inside the dictator’s nuclear bunker

Now repurposed as an underground aquarium at Kaohsiung’s Chengcing Lake…

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March 29, 2026 at 4:06 AM

振康 Zhen-Kang

@taiwanquest.bsky.social

Inside the dictator’s bedroom:

A judgmental jaunt through Chiang Kai-Shek’s winter residence in Kaohsiung, Taiwan…

#台灣 #高雄 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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